Most senior executives recognize that innovation is essential to corporate survival. But new survey data from Forbes Research shows they struggle with how and where to innovate effectively.
When the survey asked each respondent to
consider 14 issues and pick which three they debate most often with their C-suite colleagues, the top results all concerned tech and innovation:
Technology
Investment
Where To
focus digital
transformation & innovation
Pace Of
Innovation
The finding raises an important question for today’s leaders and those who help inform their decisions: Why is deciding how to innovate so difficult?
For answers, we turned to John Roese, the global chief technology officer at Dell, for whom innovation is an everyday practice. In this Q&A, he shares his insights on the roadblocks that prevent progress and how companies can navigate them to transform their people, processes and culture.